The Lakers inside line is so unbearable

The first round of the NBA playoffs this season has entered the impact stage. After multiple rounds of fighting, many teams have been forced to the brink of going home to fish. However, facing the line of life and death, some teams burst out with a strong desire to survive like the Rockets, while some teams can only watch victory pass by their world, such as the Los Angeles Lakers.

lost to the substitute, Mr. X, and the completeness of the lineup. The Lakers, who lost almost all their disadvantages, lost to the bottom in the inside competition. Due to the huge gap in the inside strength, the Lakers, who were almost behind in the whole game, finally lost their chain in the final quarter and defeated the Timberwolves 96-103 again. The total score was eliminated 1-4. After half a season, Yangyang said goodbye to the competition for this season in a terminally ill manner.

Compared to the Mavericks who were ridiculed by the masses after the earthquake-scale transaction, the Lakers only played 5 more games, and were beaten in a different way. The reason for this method is somewhat attributed to the Timberwolves' unfair morality and unkindness. The inside strength is obviously against the sky, and he has to complete a vigorous firepower output in the farewell battle.

In this game, the Lakers' two major inside players Gobert and Randle teamed up to score 50 points, making up for the shortcomings of leader Edwards' 0-for-11 shots from the outside, and also covering up the lack of Xiandan Daniels's only 8 points. Compared to the first game of the series, the substitute inside Reed was supporting the basket at the basket, France's Gotta Gobert finally breathed a sigh of relief in this game.

You should know that in the first four games of this series, Gobert's scoring data are 2 points, 6 points, 1 point and 5 points respectively. It is hard to imagine that this is also a data that a top-salary All-Star center can also give. I don’t know if the Timberwolves’ continued sluggish inside line gave Lakers coach DNP the courage to start center Hayes, but he personally directed an epic crash at the basket.

Brushing rebounds, attacking the basket continuously, and quickly getting a quick and easy all-time contact. Gobert, who was almost invisible in the first four games, became the focus of the game. Even though James and Hachimura both played quite efficiently in this game, when only the so-called secret weapon Kleber could make a cameo at the basket, it was almost equivalent to giving up his own inside line.

Under the huge rebound disadvantage of 37-54, the Lakers could not win the game. As analyzed after the previous games, no matter which scoring point the Lakers blocked the Timberwolves, they would always push down the gourd and start a new troubled character. But no one expected that even Gobert, who averaged only 3.5 points per game in the previous four games, could become the Lakers' gravedigger by O'Neal's soul possession.

It is said that choice is greater than hard work, and wealth lies in mathematics, not in hard work, but if you only rely on hard work and hard work, and rely on the famous saying of the Chinese women's football team Wang Shuang back then, "Even if you rely on rushing, you can defeat the other party", there is no reason to think too much laughable. For example, racking your brains to fight the outside and the backcourt, Edwards, Daniels, Conley, and Divincenzo may not be able to compete with the Lakers James, Doncic, Reeves and Hachimura.

What's more, there are obvious advantages in some aspects but they don't use them. Wouldn't it be a waste of natural resources and punished by God? If the Timberwolves strictly formulate tactics around Gobert, Randle and Reed from the first game of the series, is it possible to win more quickly and make the Lakers less powerful to fight back?

Facts have proved that the Timberwolves' inside line is much more trustworthy than last season. Randall himself is a player with stronger execution and stronger style than Towns. Gobert was also a harder player during the Twin Towers period, not to mention Reed's professional qualities. Sometimes, even the All-Star player Edwards can play the role of "serving the people". In the next round of the playoffs, facing the Warriors who are more likely to advance, the Timberwolves should also play to their obvious inside advantage. After all, compared to the lack of strength, it may be even more desperate and painful to kick out the steel plate without any hard work.